UPDATE: Tour Boat Driver Tests Positive For Methamphetamine After 35 People, Mostly Foreign Tourists,...
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A boat driver has tested positive with methamphetamine after 35 people including foreign tourists were injured after a tour boat crashed into a pillar in Chalong, Phuket.
Our previous stories:
Emergency responders were notified of...
Two People Arrested for Illegally Operating Cannabis Shops in Thalang, Phuket
Thalang –
Two people have been arrested for illegally operating cannabis shops in Thalang while three other cannabis licenses have been suspended.
The Thalang District Chief Mr. Bancha Tanuin told the Phuket Express that relevant officials...
UPDATE: Phuket Immigration Visits Foreign Tourists Injured From Boat Crash at Hospitals, Offers Visa...
Phuket –
Phuket Immigration visited foreign tourists who have been injured from a recent tour boat crash and offered visa extension assistance.
Our previous stories:
Emergency responders were notified of the accident on Wednesday (May 17th) near...
UPDATE: Boat Captain Charged After 35 Tourists, Mostly Foreign, Injured in Boat Crash in...
Chalong –
A boat captain has been charged with reckless behavior causing injuries after 35 people including foreign tourists were injured after a tour boat crashed into a pillar in Chalong, Phuket.
Our previous story:
Emergency responders...
2023 Thai General Election Has Highest Voter Turnout in History, 168 Official Complaints Filed
Thailand –
The Thai Election Commission (EC) said on Monday (May 15th) that 75.22 percent of Thai people turned out for an election vote which is the highest record in Thai history.
However, the EC is...
UPDATE: Phuket Motorbike Taxi Rider Facing Charges of Making Threats and Defamation
Phuket –
A motorbike taxi rider who was fined after he was caught being impolite and unprofessional to a passenger in Patong has faced more charges of making threats and defamation and has a past...
Hungarian Man Facing Legal Action After Touching Pipefish While Diving at Pha Ngan Island
Pha Ngan Island, Surat Thani-
A Hungarian man is facing legal action after he touched a pipefish while he was diving at Pha Ngan Island.
The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) Office told...
Future of Thai Sex Workers Relies on Election
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Thailand’s sex workers are optimistic that a new government after the May 14th election will pass legislation that helps to decriminalize the country’s thriving sex industry, which provides livelihoods to an estimated 300,000 people,...
Man Arrested for Illegally Catching Cuttlefish in Phuket
Phuket –
A man was arrested with a cuttlefish at Panwa Cape in Wichit and charged for catching marine animals in a protected zone.
Mr. Wissanu Jangjai from the Phuket Marine Resources Conservation Center told the...
Man Arrested with Blacktip Reef Sharks in Phuket
Phuket –
A man was arrested with four black tip reef sharks at Panwa Cape in Wichit.
The Phuket Marine Resources Conservation Center told the Phuket Express on Tuesday (May 2nd) that they have arrested a...